diff --git a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
index 2a3ccb3de513995facda9f6693734c28bc7d8c76..8cee2438053a0e2e1873dc5dc3ef22e7a2a46742 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ get_distlist(void)
 				r++;
 				break;
 			case 'f':
-				SAFECOPY(file[f++],in_line+2);
+				strcpy(file[f++],in_line+2);
 				break;
 			case 't':
 				SAFECOPY(dist[r-1]->tag,in_line+2);